diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index c7a894f..6be8f1b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -2499,9 +2499,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "handy-keys"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "10f85c247daebc113bb7128afa9ee19eb83b9a6d1301772b89111328ab856186"
+checksum = "f9d80f27a8566d1dd16cef20dd0a96247d2982fc2e03ef728ea842808b130d94"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "block2 0.6.2",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 2d7777a..f9001fe 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ rusqlite = { version = "0.37", features = ["bundled"] }
 tar = "0.4.44"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 transcribe-rs = { version = "0.2.3", features = ["whisper", "parakeet", "moonshine", "sense_voice"] }
-handy-keys = "0.1.4"
+handy-keys = "0.2.0"
 ferrous-opencc = "0.2.3"
 specta = "=2.0.0-rc.22"
 specta-typescript = "0.0.9"
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/keyboard.ts b/src/lib/utils/keyboard.ts
index 08af392..c3de55b 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/keyboard.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/keyboard.ts
@@ -154,17 +154,52 @@ export const getKeyName = (
   return `unknown-${e.keyCode || e.which || 0}`;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Capitalize a key name for display (e.g. "space" -> "Space", "f1" -> "F1")
+ */
+const capitalizeKey = (key: string): string => {
+  // fn key: keep lowercase
+  if (key === "fn") return "fn";
+  // Function keys: f1 -> F1
+  if (/^f\d+$/.test(key)) return key.toUpperCase();
+  // Single char: a -> A
+  if (key.length === 1) return key.toUpperCase();
+  // Multi-word: capitalize first letter of each word
+  return key.replace(/\b\w/g, (c) => c.toUpperCase());
+};
+
+/**
+ * Format a single key part for display.
+ * Handles _left/_right suffixes and capitalizes names.
+ * e.g. "shift_left" -> "Left Shift", "option" -> "Option", "space" -> "Space"
+ */
+const formatKeyPart = (part: string): string => {
+  const trimmed = part.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return "";
+
+  if (trimmed.endsWith("_left")) {
+    const name = trimmed.slice(0, -5);
+    return `Left ${capitalizeKey(name)}`;
+  }
+  if (trimmed.endsWith("_right")) {
+    const name = trimmed.slice(0, -6);
+    return `Right ${capitalizeKey(name)}`;
+  }
+
+  return capitalizeKey(trimmed);
+};
+
 /**
  * Get display-friendly key combination string for the current OS
- * Returns basic plus-separated format with correct platform key names
+ * Formats raw hotkey strings like "option_left+shift+space" into
+ * human-readable form like "Left Option + Shift + Space"
  */
 export const formatKeyCombination = (
   combination: string,
-  osType: OSType,
+  _osType: OSType,
 ): string => {
-  // Simply return the combination as-is since getKeyName already provides
-  // the correct platform-specific key names
-  return combination;
+  if (!combination) return "";
+  return combination.split("+").map(formatKeyPart).join(" + ");
 };
 
 /**